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Thomas Lukaszuk on Danielle Smith calling Alberta judge's decision 'undemocratic': "Courts rule on what is right and what is wrong and what is lawful and what is illegal. They don't render popular decisions. They render righteous decisions. But the Premier doesn't seem to be concerned about that."

A Canadian taxi driver named John MacLellan has left $1.68 million to a local hospital in his will. He spent 63 years as a taxi driver in a town in Nova Scotia, and lived frugally to be able to leave behind the largest single donation in the hospital’s history.

If the Oilers plan all along was to let Knoblauch go, then their handling of this has been horrendous. If they wanted to explore Cassidy as an option, and if it didn’t work out retain Kris, then it was risky - if it got out, they’d be scuttling a coach they just re-signed and were considering keeping. The fact it got out made a return for Knoblauch impossible. Arguably the most important off season in 30 years for this franchise gets off to a rough start. Have to think Bowman and Jackson are very much on the clock as well. Fatigue and injuries only go so far in masking a body of work with some massive mistakes at critical junctures. Brett Kulak with a series winner last night puts an exclamation point on mishandled assets and mis-reads on players. Will be an interesting few months for the organization.

Today, a judge has thrown out the Alberta separatist petition because Danielle Smith’s UCP government failed in its legal duty to consult First Nations. I want to thank the fearless First Nations who stood up and led this fight against separatism – not just for their nations, but for all Albertans and for Canadians. Specifically, thank you to the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, the Blackfoot Confederacy, and Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, for fighting for our country with your time and money. First Nations are not alone, as the vast majority of Albertans stand alongside them, opposed to a costly, divisive exercise. This referendum violates treaty rights, it would cost Albertans hundreds of millions of dollars, and is now tied to serious public safety concerns thanks to the largest data breach in Alberta’s history. The Premier says that she’s exploring other ideas. Here’s an idea, Premier: call off the referendum and put this to bed. This petition is dead. This referendum is dead. For the premier to spend taxpayer time and money to resurrect it, would prove what we’ve always known: she’s a separatist. Accept the court’s decision. Nobody is above the law – and certainly not this Premier. Albertans are proud Canadians and want nothing more than to move on from this and focus on the things that really matter.

BREAKING: Alberta judge throws out citizen petition to put secession on a referendum ballot. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… By @mattscace67

Alberta separation petition overturned as judge rules in favour of First Nations ctvnews.ca/edmonton/artic…

RCMP in #StAlbert ask everyone in the Riverside neighborhood to shelter in place as officers are searching for a suspect involved in an armed robbery. Stay in your residences and do not open the door for anyone. Follow all directions from responding officers.

Hello Toronto. When 40% of the ER patients you see have a core problem of homelessness, I'm flagging we have a problem. Toronto is one of the wealthiest cities in the world.

Today’s agreement between Airbus and AirAsia is the largest single order of commercial aircraft in Canada’s history. 150 Airbus A220-300 aircraft will be built by Canadian workers on Canadian factory floors — supporting thousands of careers across Canada and here in Mirabel, from the skilled trades to engineering.

I understand that my personal information, including my home address, was shared publicly on a screen at a recent Alberta separatist event. It was also recorded on video, and is now circulating. This was apparently part of the outrageous data leak of Albertans’ private information, wherein Elections Alberta shared its entire detailed provincial voter database with the “Republican Party of Alberta,” which in turn shared it with some separatist group called the “Centurion Project,” whose leadership then shared my personal information publicly. Over the past few years I have received no shortage of threats from people broadly associated with the separatist / antivax / far right movement in Alberta. So it is disturbing that my personal information is now broadly available, particularly in those circles. While I have been targeted specifically, the broader data breach may also effect vulnerable Albertans, including victims of domestic violence, journalists, activists, judges, and other public servants for years to come. I will retain legal counsel to seek advice on recourse regarding this outrageous and potentially dangerous violation of my personal privacy.

Jason Kenney was supportive of me when my records were unlawfully accessed by Lethbridge Police Service, so now it’s time to return the consideration. No one deserves this, and it is high time for there to be consequences for targeting people for their time in public service.

Funny, when the question leads to some friction, @spittinchiclets edits it down disingenuously and makes sure to includes the reporter's voice. When it goes well, they edit out the reporter and collect the clicks. @BizNasty2point0

Hey #yeg - Anyone recognize this local scammer/thief who has ripped off numerous stores/vendors in the Edmonton area? The payment scam she's running goes unnoticed for long enough to make a getaway and despite being decently well known, nobody has been able to ID her yet.

The people trying to dunk on McDavid for having this “look” clearly don’t know what comes next after these moments.

My man

They call him 007: 0 goals 0 assists 7 PIM's per game

Gut check time. Oilers rallied from 2-0 down to LA last year, 2-1 to both Vancouver and Dallas in ‘24, and 2-1 to LA in ‘23. So this core of players are not in unfamiliar territory. But it’s time.

In no particular order he fights, he scores, he hits, he stands up fpr his teamates and always out early for @EdmontonOilers practice. Those are not backhanded compliments of Vasily Podkolzin.

All year long the Oilers didn’t win a game without a point from McDavid (0-12-2). Until tonight.

"It's loud in there. After the anthem, one thing I always do is smile & take it all in. That was one today where I was like, this is cool." Connor Ingram on the atmosphere at @RogersPlace during his first #Oilers playoff game. @Enterprise | #LetsGoOilers